Posts by Ro

Boffin dubs global warming 'irreversible'

pessimistic

This thinking is only if we stop producing CO2 and then sit on our arses twiddling our thumbs. Of course climate change is irreversible if we don't bother doing anything about it. On the other hand if we actively remove the CO2 from the atmosphere then it is reversible. The technology already exists to remove CO2, it is just a matter of perfecting that technology and making practical.

Also there won't be any london coral reefs if the oceans CO2 level continues to rise as coral reefs simply wonty be able to exist in oceans that are much more acidic.

McKinnon's lawyers hope UK prosecution will derail extradition

incompatible with UK human rights legislation

Obviously he is an idiot for having done this but I don't see how an extradition process can be compatible with UK human rights legislation. Any one else who committed this crime within the borders of the US would be incarcerated in the same country as they live in and therefore their family lives in. McKinnon on the other hand will be discriminated against in that he will have to live out his life locked up on the opposite side of the world from his family. In that this is not the case for American hackers guilty of the same crime it is an unusual punishment. To be separated from your family and friends by the Atlantic ocean is a cruel punishment as he will have to live for decades in a foreign land with very rare visits. In that it applies to Englishmen in such a way but not to Americans is discriminatory based upon country of origin. In that it is perfectly possible to serve a prison sentence in England it is unnecessary and disproportionate.

It is unfortunate that he must be punished so severely for such a minor offence but accepting that he is guilty and deserves his punishment is no defence of a treaty that offends so severely against Human rights. I understand that prisoners forfeit certain human rights but this is far too excessive.